Lichens have long been regarded as emblematic examples of mutualistic symbioses between fungi and photosynthetic partners. Recent research, however, has revealed that these organisms also harbour ...

EDMONTON — Our understanding of the marriage of fungus and algae in the formation of lichen is being upended by a University of Alberta research team whose work is rewriting the biology that ...

• Background and AimsLichens represent a symbiotic relationship between at least one fungal and one photosynthetic partner. The association between the lichen-forming fungus Mastodia tessellata ...

Scientists cultivating partnerships of fungi and algae believe their invention has far-out implications for how we create the ...

Blacksburg, Va., May 12, 2005 – Researchers from China and the United States have found evidence of lichen-like symbiosis in 600-million-year-old fossils from South China. The previous earliest ...

Lichen is an organism made from the symbiosis of fungus and algae. Although it can adapt to life in extremely harsh environments, manmade threats such as global warming are disrupting its existence.

Now, that well-known dualistic relationship is being challenged. Researchers at the University of Montana, working together with colleagues from Austria, Sweden and Purdue University, have found that ...

The cortical lichen compounds, parietin, atranorin, usnic acid and melanins are known to screen photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), thereby protecting the underlying photobionts. The role of ...

Most planetary scientists agree that Mars’ extreme conditions would be uninhabitable to life as we know it. New research, however, suggests that we might be underestimating the hardiness of lichens.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Dr. Manuela Dal Forno is a research scientist with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. Ever since she was a young child, she ...

This is the 25th in a series of articles from the staff of the Nature & Wildlife Discovery Center that will provide resources, ideas and suggestions for families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch ...